Ian Hyde-Lay
The Kingfisher
A restless, sleepless night. A coach tosses and turns, his mind swirling. Processing information. “What ifs,” intangibles, game planning,...
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BASKETBALL
Ian Hyde-Lay
- Feb 7
- 3 min
A Cautionary Tale
2023. An early January evening in Salt Lake City. A professional basketball savant puts on a dazzling display, the capacity crowd’s...
Ian Hyde-Lay
- Aug 27, 2022
- 3 min
Mistaken Identity
Summer, 1977. Up early each morning, I am at work on the municipal watering crew by 6am. All done eight hours later. On my bike, home as...
Ian Hyde-Lay
- Aug 5, 2022
- 4 min
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Our family sits around the kitchen table. Dinner reaches a conclusion. It is 1969, a lazy summer evening at the lake. The sun slides...
Ian Hyde-Lay
- Mar 28, 2022
- 4 min
The Companion
A one-year Covid induced absence, for better or worse, is now just a memory. Indeed, despite some bumps in the road, the 2021-22 Canadian...
Ian Hyde-Lay
- Oct 20, 2021
- 5 min
Not the Lone Ranger
Victoria. March 1976. An impressionable 18-year old, I sit mesmerized, high up in the bleachers. Down below, on the floor of the McKinnon...
Ian Hyde-Lay
- Apr 26, 2021
- 3 min
Those Moments
March 15, 1980. Calgary, Alberta. But this is no regular Saturday. The clock strikes 9pm. Outside The Refinery, a popular nightclub, the...
Ian Hyde-Lay
- Apr 6, 2021
- 4 min
"A" Private Affair
March 1975. The sports section in British Columbia’s main daily newspaper highlights an upcoming basketball game. Stags, Knights meet in...
Ian Hyde-Lay
- Feb 23, 2021
- 4 min
Like The Gipper
For me, as a young boy growing up, he is the stuff of legends, his story one that stands the test of time. An American gridiron star, he...
Ian Hyde-Lay
- Feb 9, 2021
- 6 min
Vindication
For those who enjoy travel and love hoops, there are worse ways to spend a summer. It is late August 2013. I journey to Puerto Rico and...
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